veteran
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Lodge, 71, a veteran practitioner in this rather arcane field, is a man who’s both exactly what you’d expect him to be and perhaps not what you anticipated.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
Cait Conley, an Army veteran who ran counterterrorism in the Biden administration, will face Rep. Mike Lawler, a vulnerable Republican, in New York’s Hudson Valley.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026
The man accused of slaying veteran “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Jumanji” actor James Handy earlier this month is not mentally competent to face criminal court prosecution, a Los Angeles judge ruled Monday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
In 2014, marketing veteran Amanda Lacaze took over the nearly bankrupt Australian mining company Lynas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
Secretary of State John Kerry, who more than forty years before had been the first Vietnam War veteran to testify before Congress against the war, put it more bluntly.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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